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farm-buildings,  however  good  such  plan  may  be  under  ordinary 
circumstances ; and  peculiarity  of  the  surface  of  the  site  was 
stated  amongst  other  incidents  as  frequently  requiring  a special 
modification  of  arrangement.  Such  a necessity  for  deviating 
from  the  general  principle  of  arrangement  inculcated  by  previous 
remarks,  and  illustrated  by  the  plans  already  submitted,  came 
very  forcibly  within  the  experience  of  the  writer  in  the  design  for 
a set  of  new  farm  buildings,  which  he  prepared  about  eighteen 
months  since  for  Mr.  Laycock,  at  Lintz  Hall,  near  Tanfield,  in 
the  county  of  Durham,  and  which  have  since  been  built. 
In  the  case  just  referred  to,  the  rapid  rising  of  the  ground 
prevented  the  application  of  the  principle  of  arrangement  pre- 
viously herein  suggested.  To  have  adopted  which,  the  alterna- 
tive presented  was  either  to  have  abandoned  the  most  convenient 
site  for  buildings  on  the  whole  of  the  farm,  or  to  have  cut  down 
the  hill  at  a great  expense,  and  attended  also  with  other  substan- 
tial disadvantages.  After  much  consideration  of  the  matter  in  all 
its  bearings,  a plan  of  arrangement  suited  to  the  circumstances  of 
the  site  (principally  suggested  by  Mr.  Laycock  himself)  was 
adopted,  and  which  is  now  submitted  in 
PLATE  IV. 
1.  Barn  of  two  stories,  in  which  is  a 
large  thrashing-machine  with  dress- 
ing-machine, also  a mill  for  crush- 
ing corn,  seeds,  &c.,  and  a machine 
for  cutting  hay  and  straw  into  chaff, 
the  whole  of  which  is  driven  by  a 
steam-engine  of  above  six-horse 
power. 
2.  Straw  Barn,  above  which  provision 
is  made  for  a granary  on  an  upper 
floor. 
3.  House  containing  the  steam-engine. 
4.  Ditto  for  the  boiler. 
5.  Stable  of  five  stalls,  with  a larger 
stall,  which  may  be  used  as  a loose 
box. 
6.  Turnip-house,  in  which  is  a steam 
apparatus  for  preparing  food  for 
cattle. 
7.  Cowhouse,  fitted  up  for  four  cows, 
but  which  is  sufficiently  wide  to 
contain  five  of  an  ordinary  size. 
8.  Six  boxes  in  which  to  fatten  cattle. 
9.  Four  ditto. 
10.  Two  ditto. 
11.  Receptacle  for  the  dung  from  the 
stable  and  cow-house. 
12.  Tank  for  receiving  the  urine  from 
the  stable  and  cow-house,  into 
which  also  the  soil  from  the  privy, 
and  the  slops  and  dirty  water  from 
the  cottage,  are  conducted  by  an 
earthenware  pipe. 
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13.  Cart  Shed,  above  which  is  a loft  for 
a poultry  roost. 
14.  A House  for  ducks  and  such  other 
fowls  as  do  not  roost  upon  a perch. 
15.  Coal-house. 
16.  Privy. 
17.  Open  Yard  behind  the  cottage. 
18  and  19.  Two  rooms  on  the  ground- 
floor  of  the  cottage,  above  which 
are  two  chambers. 
20.  Dairy  or  Pantry. 
21.  Open  Yard,  30  feet  wide. 
22.  Weighing  Machine,  contained  in  a 
wooden  house  8 feet  square. 
23.  Open  passage  8 feet  wide. 
24.  Ditto. 
a.  Space  in  the  Barn  occupied  by  the 
thrashing-machine,  &c. 
b.  Steaming  Apparatus  in  the  turnip- 
house. 
c.  Direction  of  a pipe  communicating 
from  the  boiler  of  the  steam-engine 
to  that  of  the  steaming  apparatus  in 
the  turnip-house,  by  which  the  fuel 
for  heating  the  furnace  of  the  latter 
is  saved  when  the  engine  is  in  use. 
d.  Direction  of  the  drain  conveying  the 
urine  from  the  cow-house  to  the 
liquid  manure  tank. 
e.  Watering  trough. 
f.  Direction  of  conduit  from  the  privy 
and  the  cottage  to  the  liquid  manure 
tank. 
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